Pelagia

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Gender: Feminine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “the sea.”
(peh-LAH-gee-ah); Fre (pay-lah-ZHEE)

The name is a feminine form of the Greek male name, Pelagios (Πελαγιος), which is derived from the Greek pelagos (πελαγος) meaning “the sea.”

Both the masculine and feminine version have been borne by several saints. Pelagios was even borne by two popes.

Other feminine forms of the name include:

Pélagie (French)
Pelagia (Greek/Polish)
Pelageya Пелагея (Russian/Ukrainian)

Another masculine form is the Late Latin Pellagius.

The designated name-days are: March 23 (Poland); May 4 (Greece); June 9 (Poland); July 11 (Poland); October 8 (France/Greece/Poland); October 19 (Poland); October 21 (Poland).

Source

  1. http://www.behindthename.com/php/find.php?name=pelagia

Jenny

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Gender: Feminine
Origin: English/German/Swedish
Eng (JEN-nee); Germ/Swe (YEHN-nee)

The name started off as a medieval diminutive for Jane or Johanna, but became to be used as an independent given name by the 18th-century.

It has only been recent that the name has come to be associated with Jennifer.

As of 2009, Jenny was the 708th most popular female name in the United States. The highest she has ranked in U.S. naming history was in 1977 when she was the 108th most popular female name.

She is currently the 30th most popular female name in Norway (2009).

A notable bearer was Swedish opera singer, Jenny Lind (1820-1887).

It was also borne by the wife of Karl Marx, Jenny of Westphalia (1814-1881).

An Icelandic form is Jenný.

Another Swedish form is Jennika.

Designated name-days are: August 15 (Estonia); October 6 (Sweden)

Source

  1. http://www.behindthename.com/name/jenny

Placid

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Gender: Masculine
Origin: English

The name is the English form of the Latin, Placidus, meaning “calm; placid.”

The feminine form of Placidia was borne by the daughter of Emperor Theodosius I.

The name was never very common in the English-speaking world, however, it was occasionally used by the Puritans.

Other forms the name include:

Placid (English/Hungarian)
Placidino (Italian)
Placido (Italian)
Placyd (Polish)
Plácido (Portuguese/Spanish)
Placidus (Latin)

Feminine forms include:

Placide (French)
Placida (Italian)
Placyda (Polish)
Placidia (Sardinian/Sicilian)

The designated name-day throughout Europe is October 5.

The name is borne by 6th-century Italian monk, St. Placido; 17th-century English Protestant Minister, John Placid Adelham; 20th-century Catholic Indian theologian, Father Placid J Podipara; world famous Spanish tenor and opera singer, Plácido Domingo.

Source

  1. http://www.behindthename.com/name/placide

Gilda

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Gender: Feminine
Origin: Italian
Meaning: “sacrifice; value.”
Eng (GIL-duh); It (JEEL-dah)

The name is derived from the Germanic element, gild, meaning “sacrifice; value.”

The name appears in Verdi’s 1851 opera, Rigoletto.

It was the name of a title character in a 1946 film starring Rita Hayworth.

The name was also notably borne by American comedienne, Gilda Radner (b.1946), one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live. She died at the age of 42 from ovarian cancer, and since has become an icon for ovarian cancer awareness.

In Argentina, it is borne by Gilda, a pop singer (b.1961); and is also borne by an Italian singer, known simply as Gilda (b.1950).

The designated name-days are: January 29 (Poland); October 5 (Lithuania).

Source

  1. http://www.behindthename.com/php/find.php?name=gilda

Sibyl

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Gender: Feminine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “prophetess; sibyl.”
(SIB-el)

The name comes from the Greek, Σιβυλλα (Sibylla) meaning “prophetess.” In Greek and Roman legend, the sibyls were ten female prophets who were located at various sites throughout the ancient world, one notable location being Delphi.

Among Christians, the sibyls were believed to have had divine knowledge, especially with the coming of Christ, and were respected on par as the prophets of the Old Testament. The name was quite common in Medieval Europe as a result, but fell out of usage after the Protestant Reformation. It was revived in the 19th-century.

The name is the subject of a novel by Benjamin Disraeli (1845).

Other forms of the name include:

Sibil·la (Catalan)
Sibyla (Czech)
Sibylle (Danish/French/German)
Sibille (Dutch)
Pille, Sibülle (Estonian)
Sybille (French/German)
Sibylla (German/Greek/Swedish)
Szibilla (Hungarian)
Szibill (Hungarian)
Sibilina (Italian)
Sibilla (Italian/Latvian/Lithuanian/Polish)
Sybilla (Late Latin/Estonian)
Sibila (Portuguese/Spanish)
Sebille (Turkish)

Nicknames include:

Billie, Sibbie (English)
Bülle, Sibä, Sible (Swiss German)

Notable bearers include: Sibylla of Burgundy, Queen of Jerusalem (1126-1150); Sibylla of Burgundy, Duchess of Burgundy (1065-1103)

The designated name-days are: April 29 (Poland); May 19/20 (Latvia); October 3 (France); October 20 (Sweden)

Source

  1. http://www.behindthename.com/php/find.php?name=sybilla

Stanimir

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Gender: Masculine
Origin: Old Slavic
Meaning: “standing peace.”
Станимир

The name is composed of the Old Slavonic elements, stan (stand) and mir (peace.)

The designated name-days are May 7 and October 2 (Poland); December 27 (Bulgaria).

Léger

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Gender: Masculine
Origin: German/Frankish
Meaning: “people of the spear; spear people.”
Fre (leh-ZHAY)

The name is derived from the Old German name, Leudgari, which is composed of the Germanic elements, leud (people) and gar (spear).

The name was borne by an early saint, St. Léger of Autun, a 5th-century bishop and martyr. He was tortured by the Duke of Champagne, by having his eyes gouged out and cauterized and was not murdered until years later.

Other forms of the name include:

Leodogari (Catalan)
Leodegarius (Dutch/Late Latin)
Leodegar (English/Polish)
Leodogar (German)
Leodogario (Italian)

The designated name-day is October 2 (France and Poland).

Source

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leodegar
  2. http://www.behindthename.com/namedays/lists/10.php

Rayner, Rainer, Rainier

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Gender: Masculine
Origin: German
Meaning: “army advice.”

The name is the English form of the Old Germanic, Raganhar, which is composed of the elements, ragin, meaning “advice” and har, meaning “army.”

The name was introduced into England via the Normans and subsequently fell out of usage by the High Middle Ages.

Other forms of the name include:

Ragnar (Danish/Estonian/Icelandic/Norwegian/Swedish)
Regner (Danish)
Reinier (Dutch)
Rain (Estonian)
Raino (Estonian/Finnish)
Rauno (Estonian/Finnish)
Raknar/Raknari/Raknu (Finnish)
Rainier (French)
Rainer/Reiner (German/Estonian)
Nero (Italian)
Raniero (Italian)
Riniero (Italian)
Neer (Limburgish)
Reneer (Limburgish)
Ragnarr (Old Norse)
Rajner (Polish)
Rávdnár (Sami)
Rainerio (Spanish)

Nicknames include:

Rein (Dutch)
Raik and Reik (German)
Ranuccio, Nero (Italian)
Ragge (Swedish)

Feminine forms are:

Raina (German/Estonian)
Raniera/Rainera (Italian)

The name is a common one in the Grimaldi house of Monaco, it was borne by Prince Rainier I Grimaldi (1267-1314); Rainier II Grimaldi (1350-1407) and the late Prince of Monaco, Prince Rainier III (1923-2005)

The designated name-day is October 1 (Estonia/Finland/Sweden).

Source

  1. http://www.behindthename.com/php/find.php?name=ragnar

Melody

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Gender: Feminine
Origin: Greek/English
(MEL-o-dee); MEL-e-dee)

The name has often been thought to be taken directly from the English word, but is actually derived from an ancient Greek female name, Melodia μελῳδία, of the same meaning.

French forms are Mélodie and Mélodine. The name is still in usage in Modern Greece, in the form of Melodia.

Its English form of Melody also seems to have had some usage in the Netherlands.

The designated name-day in France is October 1.

Source

  1. http://www.behindthename.com/php/find.php?name=melody